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A list of ancient and medieval names (long)
I've been reading a book considering childhood and everyday life in the Antiquity and the Middle Ages (about from 30 BC to the 15th century). Here's a list of the interesting names I've came across: these people came from various places in Europe, from Italy to Wales. WDYT?Aemilia Corinthia Maura
Alicia
Asella
Bartholomea / Bartolomea
Bertranda
Bimetica
Cristina
Demetrias
Eufrosyne
Eustochium
Faustina
Flordalixia
Guillamecta
Guillelmina
Héloïse
Helswindis
Ida
Indiola
Jutta
Margery
Monica
Nicolucia
Orenetta
Pasca
Ponce
Synkletika
Tekla
Thermouthas
Timarete
Tykhe
Valeria
VentuructiaAdalbertus
Agnolo
Ansgar
Artemidoros
Atalarik
Benedetto
Brynolf
Cassiodorus
Dorotheos
Ennodius
Epifanius
Fronto
Galfridus
Gottschalk
Guibert
Haquinus (or Håkan)
Harmiysis
Hrabanus Maurus
Ingo
Kosmas
Kronion
Lapo
Laurencius
Lukianos
Manno
Nikolaus
Nilus
Olaus
Pamonthios
Petros / Petrus
Piero
Pierrot
Psois
Rochus
Smaragdos
Stagirius
Suenus (or Sven)
Theodoret
Thonis
Vitalis
Vitigis
Willelmus
Yvo
I also made a post of ancient/medieval families from the same book: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4599378
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I like or am most intrigued by these...Aemilia Corinthia Maura
Eufrosyne
Guillelmina
Héloïse
Helswindis
Ida
Nicolucia
Orenetta
Timarete
ValeriaAdalbertus
Ansgar
Artemidoros
Atalarik
Benedetto
Brynolf
Cassiodorus
Dorotheos
Ennodius
Guibert
Maurus
Kosmas - would prefer "C"
Laurencius
Nikolaus
Petros / Petrus
Piero
Pierrot
Rochus
Theodoret
Vitalis
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Cool list, there are many names I've never seen before.I like:Aemilia Corinthia Maura
Eufrosyne
Faustina
Flordalixia
Héloïse
Margery
ValeriaArtemidoros
Cassiodorus
Kosmas
Laurencius
Lukianos
Nikolaus
Nilus
Theodoret
Vitalis
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